How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' time
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- p" o$ R# V5 G- s) L3 ~& F) cThe clear and present danger
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If the Doomsday prediction never comes true, New Zealand will remain as
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/ Y% d, W5 c M9 t公仔箱論壇A hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.公仔箱論壇7 P- x1 z* K* V
The tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and many
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of migrants.
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+ q& S0 C+ w3 I. _# NHow about Malaysia a hundred years from now?
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Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sight
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He said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the MalaysTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。7 z1 ?9 m$ S) w, Y' V
in 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the3 Q5 F& B$ f& A+ X, [0 Z# M, G
Chinese population less and less.9 m0 `4 j* w, X5 L* v
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& _6 O. W+ G( N( y3 [/ [( _公仔箱論壇the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,- C) x" p# |) ~# |* V
but because those who could afford would have sent their children公仔箱論壇4 E. m4 U: N# o: N. k
overseas, who would decide not to come back.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 J$ s2 s9 @+ p% K- z5 m. K) ^
"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making the
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. F% @. b( F/ S1 ~) a2 W9 tStatistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems
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: e5 x1 h! f; K% fMM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarks
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If this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we can5 ~4 h1 B: p' |' s: a7 L5 S
imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a
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carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch a
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% @0 w) k+ q8 ^That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we公仔箱論壇0 F. e+ H+ I( I$ r
will not be reduced to a rare species by then.
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The ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady& F# X. Y" a, [8 t$ i8 T; x
decline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,
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Islamisation.
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But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait5 k" m% c1 N0 H, r+ U# l5 R
helplessly for such a destiny to befall them.
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be in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such a, _7 v4 B* J. g1 ]
predestination.
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2 |& E+ ~! L, D, R- L3 H; @os.tvboxnow.comThe next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese
' ~- t% I$ J: @! u' ~3 X; t5 [公仔箱論壇Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and more
' p, H4 |9 g9 t' m5 l% p/ M# [0 Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chinese
: O- A& ]! q. I. F" e' r, icommunity is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians willtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 Y4 }$ O& G& U9 A$ c; N
exit the country in droves.
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$ X. N2 G, I' [9 x: Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOn the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,) ?2 e/ `. J7 P" M1 @) N/ }
conflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, thetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! `9 j: e! U. U0 e; w# ?6 I
common Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit of
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So will Malaysia .
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Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most important
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In this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
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internal conditions remain this bleak.
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years
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d. Q' e, }! u0 c- w, c. a j: ]Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking
- z4 `; ]7 f% \& v1 o: ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbplace within MCA, will only serve to bog down the pace of the Chinese
# V; Z0 T1 z" q! I, s) H0 ^公仔箱論壇community further, blurring their vision of the clear and present
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1 L# a/ x5 f! d/ Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhat the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre andtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 O& s8 j8 Y3 s* b
farsighted leadership, not one engrossed with endless infighting. |
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